UNEB set to release PLE results

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has finalized marking of the 2018 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and results are expected to be released soon.

According to the UNEB executive secretary, Dan Odongo, the
exact date on which the results will be released has not yet been confirmed.

“Expect the results around the same time as next year. We shall inform you,” Odongo said.

Last year, PLE results were released on January 12. Before
releasing the results, UNEB has to brief the Minister of Education and Sports.
A total of 640,860 Primary Seven pupils sat for last year’s examinations in
November.

Out of the total number of candidates, 488,224 are from
government-aided schools, while 152,466 are from private schools. Last year’s
PLE examinations were conducted at 12,391 centres, grouped under 8,081 sitting centers
countrywide.

The marking of the Uganda Certificate of Education and
Uganda Advanced Certificate examinations of Education is ongoing and will be
complete soon according to Odongo.

Meanwhile, in other East African countries, such as Rwanda,
PLE and lower secondary education (ordinary level) national examinations were
released on December 30. South Sudan normally releases its PLE results in
February, while Tanzania and Kenya released PLE results in October and
November.

Lukwago Joseph grew up in a newspaper family, and rumor has it that instead of playing the guitar in his infancy, his parents put a reporter’s notebook and a pen next to him shortly after he turned born eight years.
Before becoming editor of UGANDANZ, Lukwago was a parliament news editor for WBS TV. He joined UGANDANZ in July 2018, A few months after the company launched.
Lukwago also spent five years as a freelance reporter, where he covered reporting for the highest bidder, intelligence, foreign policy, and Ugandan police.
Lukwago graduated from Makerere University in 2008 with a B.A. in Journalism and worked on his college newspaper.